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<h1>Introduction</h1>

<p>
Sometimes there is a need to analyze object's type at runtime. ISO C++
provides some capabilities for this kind of introspection however they
are limited to basic type information. Such information as type
inheritance graph is not accessible in standard C++. Introspection
Library provides a framework that enables discovery of type structure
at runtime. The library is still in development stage but a few meaningful
examples are available in Example/Introspection directory.</p>

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